The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-26
SALEM COUNTh BOARD OF AGRI-
gUITURE.

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The annual meeting Of the Salem
County Board of Agric ulture WAS eid
in WoOdstown on Saturday last. The
meeting was called to order by Presl-
dent Cooper.
The first thing brought before the
meeting was the report of the repre-
s~entatives to the meeting of the state
Board. The representatives were ).
w. Dickinson and ]. Walter Pancoast
Mr.. Paucoast gave IA verbal report:
The following was Mr.. D~ickinson's
report, which was liz writing;
Mr.. President AND GENTLEMEN
OF SALEM Co. BOARD OF AeRTCUL-
TURE:-As your DELICATE to the state
Board / feel it my duty to makea short
report of some of its doings. The
Board met this year in the Supreme
Court room in the State House. AS
the representation has been so greatly
extended and almost every society fully
represented, the attendance was
larger than ever before, which neces-
sarily brought forward a great many
and some interesting reports. As the
time for holding the meeting was llml-
tey to two days, and IA majority CT re-
ports being very full, there was not
sufficient tlme TO have all read, and on
notion were ordered passed directly TO
the Secretary. All of them viii De
published III the proceedings and print
ed at an early day and distributed SO
that all may receive "A copy.
Tie committee IN making up the
order oil business We're so anxious To
have the meeting As interesting and
useful as possible, made arrangements
for SO many addresses on different sub
jecls that it lett no time for discussion
OF any of those subjects by the dele
gates.
There is one thing to be noticed,
however, and that is that farmers III
| teresls are coming TO tue front IN STATE
and governmental enactments. The
avenues seem 10 he opening up the
ear of he reg ,slatur Is becoming atteh-
tive when We speak; they are willing
OF do grant us many of our requests
it is beginning to be understood we
are IL majority of the people.
a bill has been passed by Congress
To establish in connection with the
Agricultural Colleges Il department
known as an Agricultural Expert
menL Station" This will be of great
advantage to the farmer, the 0bject-Dr
which will be to conduct original re-
searches, to verify experiments IN
Physiology Of plants aud animals, TO
treat diseases and apply remedies, IL
a hundred other subjects which will
benefit the farmer, such as rotatiye
cropping, OF now plants, analyses oil
soils and water, formulating foods for
cattle, all of which must be OF great
advantage to agricultural industry.
On Wednesday evening we listened
TO il very able address delivered by the
Hon. w. IL. Hatch, Member of Con
gress from Missouri. The main points
of his arguments were i'll showing that
the farmers were mere heavily taxed
tliau the other portions of American
citizens. He SAID 1.-The Constitution
was made by agriculturists and for
chem; this is an agricultural nation
then you stand between the forces
now and you have a power to exert II
you have the will"
VIM. Il. tanning, Esq, of Trenton
gave us a grand essay upo the build
ing and management of public roads,
and winch we should all study care
fully when it comes TO us in print.
LOU Dairy Interests" by Hon.
Edw. Burntt, Of Mass, was a master
ly effort aud proves without contradic-
ton that MI. Burnet knows his bust
well and can tell what he knows.
The old officers of last year were re-
elected. The closing up of the session
of the Board Was an address by Hon.
Frank Hurd, Gov. Green presiding,
subject: Tariff for revenue only and
its effectson the interest OF the farmer"
It would be well for all to read care
fully that address. The Salem Sun
bo4a, unfinished it in full.
think next year the session will
hold three days, which will give more
time for discussion on the most impor-
tant subjects whicd more directly in-
terest farmers. }. w. DICKINSON.
Treasurer j. Walter Papcoast made
his amldal report showing the financial
condition of the Board, and President
Cooper appointed as auditing commit
tee. Messrs. john w. Dickinson, Ed
win l.. Borton and Adam 5. Graft
which committee reported as finding
The T~reasurer's account correct. The
T~reasurei's report was accepted.
Secretary IL. Q. Perry called to the
attention OF the DOdfu the TACT tllaI
each representative to the State Board
was elected tn a term of one year,
whereas one of them should according
to The constitution. have been elected
for a term OF two years. n vote was
taken upon the question w~hlchdeclded
that J. W. Pane ast's term should
hold over another year.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution Qread at last meeti9g)
changing the time OF the annual meet
inr FROM the third Saturday IN Febru-
ary to the fourth Wednesday in Janu-
ary. and the other meetings from he
third Saturday in May, August and
November, to the fourth Wednesday
r,l,, and Opf u,0 brouut,